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JOHN  WHITE  ALEXANDER 


CATALOGUE  OF  PAINTINGS 
JOHN  WHITE  ALEXANDER 
MEMORIAL  EXHIBITION 

MARCH  MCMXVI 


DEPARTMENT  of  FINE  ARTS 
CARNEGIE  INSTITUTE 
PITTSBURGH 


COPYRIGHT.  1916 
BY 

CARNEGIE  INSTITUTE 


JOHN  WHITE  ALEXANDER 


AFBTf 0RDS  OFAPPMCIfflM 


Truly,  John  Alexander's  life  was  the 
expression  of  a  gentle  spirit;  and  his 
kindly  character,  his  constant  patience 
and  forbearance,  his  ever-ready  helpful- 
ness and  thoughtful  consideration  for 
others  shone  out  in  every  relation  of  life. 
His  heart  went  out  in  sympathy  to  the 
student  and  to  the  young  painter.  Never 
did  a  boy  or  girl  go  to  him  for  a  word  of 
advice  or  an  act  of  helpfulness  and  come 
away  disappointed. 

These  characteristics  bound  to  him,  by 
an  enduring  and  grateful  bond,  all  with 
whom  he  came  into  personal  relationship, 


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and  therefore,  the  memory  of  his  friend- 
ship is  a  priceless  heritage  to  very  many  ; 
these  qualities  endeared  him  to  men  in 
every  land,  and  these  are  the  qualities  by 
which  he  will  long  be  remembered:  for, 
" Charity  never  faileth:  but  whether  there 
be  prophecies,  they  shall  fail;  whether 
there  be  tongues,  they  shall  cease,"  but 
happily  the  qualities  of  charity,  forbear- 
ance, and  love  will  continue  in  the  hearts 
of  men  forever. 

As  I  turn  in  memory  to  the  years  that 
are  past,  there  come  to  me  pleasant  visions 
and  recollections  of  mutual  hopes  and  am- 
bitions. As  one  who  has  passed  through 
a  beautiful  valley  looks  back  and  sees 
with  distinctness  only  a  few  outstanding 
forms,  so  these  memory  pictures  appear. 
I  see  my  friend  as  a  youth  of  seventeen, 
graceful  and  joyous,  established  in  a  small 
studio  overlooking  a  narrow  street  in 
Pittsburgh,  and  beside  him  is  a  southern 
boy  of  about  the  same  age,  a  crayon  por- 


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trait  artist,  Robert  Burns  Wilson,  who  had 
but  recently  appeared  in  our  midst. 
Wilson  will  be  remembered  as  a  sincere 
poet,  a  painter  using  words  as  his  medium 
and  one  whose  remarkably  beautiful  de- 
scriptions of  nature  and  of  nature's  moods 
later  won  for  him  an  enduring  place 
among  men  of  letters.  My  next  memory 
glimpse  shows  me  the  two  lads,  each  of 
whom  was  destined  to  attain  distinction, 
as  they  push  off  from  the  shore  in  a  tiny 
boat  for  a  romantic  inland  voyage  down 
the  beautiful  Ohio  River.  And  now  it  is 
a  perfect  day  in  June,  and  he  and  I,  to- 
gether, are  journeying  toward  an  historic 
Pennsylvania  village  called  Ligonier, 
which  lies  among  the  foothills  of  the 
Allegheny  mountains,  where  we  had 
planned  to  sketch  for  a  brief  time  along 
the  shores  of  a  beautiful  trout  stream 
which  flows  past  Kissel's  Spring.  And 
now  I  see  him  at  Polling,  one  of  a  merry, 
jovial  group  of  students  playing  innocent 


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pranks  upon  a  fellow;  and  again,  at  Venice, 
the  friend  and  companion  of  Whistler,  of 
whose  warm  affection  for  the  young 
painter  I  had  personal  knowledge.  And 
now  I  see  him  in  the  full  realization  of  his 
ambition  and  power  at  Paris,  honored  and 
beloved  by  the  ablest  painters  of  France. 
Finally  I  see  him  in  his  native  land,  the 
recipient  of  the  highest  distinction  Amer- 
ican artists  can  confer  upon  a  fellow- 
painter,  the  Presidency  of  the  National 
Academy  of  Design,  and  I  think  of  the 
very  little  lad  whom  I  did  not  know,  and 
who  ran  hither  and  thither  on  the  streets 
of  Pittsburgh  with  a  telegraph  messenger's 
bag  slung  upon  his  shoulder.  Thus  do  these 
pleasant  visions  of  the  past  come  to  me, 
recalling  incidents  of  years  that  are  gone. 

John  Alexander's  record  of  achieve- 
ment is  one  of  the  brilliant  pages  in  the 
history  of  American  art,  and  the  estimate 
in  which  he  is  held  by  the  great  painters 
of  our  time  is  the  confirmation  of  the  suc- 


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cess  he  had  won.  His  works  possess 
qualities  of  refinement  and  grace,  and  in 
the  field  of  portraiture,  unerring  percep- 
tion of  character  and  a  simple  directness 
which  are  charming  to  the  last  degree. 
The  portrait  of  Mrs.  Wheaton,  for  instance, 
is  a  modern  masterpiece,  representing,  as 
it  does,  with  unqualified  truthfulness  and 
at  the  same  time  with  the  utmost  delicacy 
and  precision,  the  character  of  a  charming 
personality.  The  dominating  note  in  John 
Alexander's  painting  is  the  exquisite 
quality  of  perfect  tone,  and  this,  of  course, 
implies  refined  and  beautiful  color.  Added 
to  this  there  is  always  the  expression  of 
grace  and  beauty  of  line.  These  are 
among  the  higher  qualities  in  art  and  they 
but  reflect  the  innate  taste  and  the  power 
of  selection  of  the  painter.  His  early 
drawings  of  famous  men  made  for  the 
Century  Magazine  will  be  recalled  as 
masterpieces  of  simple  and  direct  delinea- 
tion of  character,  and  his  later  paintings 


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are  notable  for  the  same  charms  of  sim- 
plicity and  directness.  More  and  more  he 
seemed  to  realize  that  the  interpretation  or 
presentation  of  character  is  not  dependent 
upon  minute  detail,  but  upon  broad  and 
expressive  form.  His  portraits  in  this 
respect  represent  keen  insight  combined 
with  breadth  and  power.         T  ,y»  p 


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JOHN  WHITE  ALEXANDER 


John  White  Alexander  was  born 
in  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania,  October 
7th,  1856.  During  his  early  boyhood 
he  lived  with  his  grandparents,  his 
father  and  mother  having  died  when 
he  was  very  young.  When  he  was  twelve 
years  old  he  left  school  and  took  a  position 
as  messenger  in  the  Pittsburgh  office  of  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  Telegraph  Company. 
Colonel  Allen,  the  President  of  the  Com- 
pany, became  interested  in  the  boy,  and 
upon  the  death  of  his  grandfather,  adop- 
ted him  and  took  him  into  his  own  home. 
Perhaps  the  most  important  incident  of 
these  early  years  was  the  trip  which  he 
made  in  a  skiff  down  the  Ohio  and  Mis- 
sissippi rivers,  with  Robert  Burns  Wilson. 

Alexander  lived  with  Colonel  Allen 
until  he  was  about  eighteen,  when  he 
went  to  New  York,  with  the  purpose  of 


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studying  art.  There  he  secured  employ- 
ment with  Harper  &  Brothers,  although  it 
was  some  time  before  he  was  given  a  place 
in  the  illustrating  department.  Charles 
Parsons  was  then  at  the  head  of  this  de- 
partment, and  during  those  years  Mr.  Par- 
sons gave  Alexander  valuable  help  and 
encouragement.  At  that  time  illustrations 
for  the  magazines  were  made  by  working 
directly  upon  the  wooden  block,  several 
men  frequently  working  upon  the  same 
block;  and  this  was  the  work  assigned  to 
Alexander  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
illustrating  department.  He  usually  put 
in  the  figures,  but  such  composite  illustra- 
tions wTere  often  unsigned.  We  do  not,  in 
turning  to  the  old  files  of  Harper's,  find 
much  that  throws  light  upon  this  period 
of  Alexander's  work,  although  there  ap- 
pear occasional  cartoons,  signed  "Alex- 
ander," from  about  September  18,  1875, 
until  the  middle  of  1877,  which  are  very 
interesting  and   amusing.     In  Harper's 


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Weekly  of  September  18,  1875,  is  a  car- 
toon "Rags  !  Rags!  More  Rags!  the 
campaign  cry  of  the  Ohio  Democracy." 
Another  political  cartoon  appears  on  July 
29,  1876,  and  again  on  February  24, 
1877,  we  find  another.  In  midsummer, 
1 877,  what  is  known  as  the  "Great  Strike" 
occurred  in  Pittsburgh,  a  tragic  event 
in  the  history  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad.  Alexander  must  have  been  in 
Pittsburgh  at  that  time,  as  a  number  of 
large  full,  or  half  page  sketches  of  the 
riots  and  conflagrations,  signed  "J.  W. 
Alexander,"  appeared  in  Harper's  Week- 
ly on  August  11,  1 877.  "The  great  strike. 
The  work  of  destruction  in  Pittsburgh," 
"Pittsburgh  in  the  hands  of  the  mob. 
Burning  and  sacking  freight  trains,  P.  R. 
R.,"  "Burning  of  offices  and  machine 
shops,  P.  R.  R.,"  "Burning  of  the  round- 
house at  Pittsburgh,"  "Panoramic  view  of 
the  ruins  of  the  burned  district":  these 
titles  tell  the  story,  and  the  sketches  are  a 


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graphic  record  of  the  fearful  destruction 
which  occurred.  Later  on  Alexander  had 
frequent  signed  illustrations  in  Harper's 
publications,  and  also  in  the  Century,  but 
this  was  after  he  had  gone  abroad,  and 
not  during  those  first  apprentice  years. 

Thomas  Nast,  E.  A.  Abbey,  Stanley 
Reinhart,  and  A.  B.  Frost  were  all  work- 
ing for  Harper's  when  Alexander  first 
went  there,  and  we  know  that  Alexander 
was  in  close  touch  with  these  men,  and 
that  in  many  cases  the  friendships  which 
were  formed  in  the  old  Harper's  estab- 
lishment, lasted  throughout  his  life. 

Alexander  remained  for  about  three 
years  with  Harper  &  Brothers,  and  until 
he  had  saved  three  hundred  dollars.  Then, 
late  in  the  summer  of  1877,  he  and  his 
friend  Albert  G.  Reinhart,  sailed  from 
Philadelphia  for  Liverpool.  After  a  short 
time  spent  in  London,  they  went  to  Paris, 
where  they  were  disappointed  to  find  the 
"Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts,"  which  they  ex- 


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pected  to  enter,  closed  for  repairs.  Rein- 
hart  suggested  that,  as  he  knew  a  few- 
words  of  German — neither  of  them  knew 
a  word  of  French — they  should  go  to 
Munich. 

In  Munich  Alexander  studied  for  about 
three  months,  in  the  class  of  Prof.  Benz- 
cur  at  the  Munich  Academy  of  Fine  Arts. 
But  the  expense  of  living  in  the  city  was 
comparatively  high,  and  Alexander  was 
not  in  sympathy  with  the  severe  and 
academic  method  of  the  school,  so  he 
presently  decided  to  go  to  Polling  in 
Northern  Bavaria,  where  there  was  at  that 
time  a  small  colony  of  American  artists, 
among  others  J.  Frank  Currier,  Walter  L. 
Shirlaw,  Joseph  De  Camp,  and  Ross  Tur- 
ner. There  Alexander  first  started  to 
paint.  From  Polling  he  sent,  at  the  sug- 
gestion of  Prof.  Benzcur,  some  of  his 
drawings  to  the  Students'  Exhibition  at 
the  Academy  of  Fine  Arts  in  Munich, 
and  he  was  awarded  a  bronze  medal,  his 


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first  honor.  The  time  spent  in  Munich 
and  Polling  was  just  about  two  years,  em- 
bracing 1878  and  1879. 

After  leaving  Polling,  Alexander  joined 
a  class  of  art  students,  which  Frank  Du- 
veneck  had  arranged  to  take  to  Florence. 
Duveneck  and  Alexander  went  ahead  to 
find  studios,  and  in  the  course  of  a  month 
the  others,  numbering  twenty-three  in  all, 
joined  them  in  Florence,  where  they  spent 
two  winters.  The  summers  they  spent  in 
Venice,  and  it  was  in  Venice  that  Alex- 
ander first  met  James  McNeill  Whistler, 
who  was  then  making  the  series  of  Vene- 
tian etchings,  which  have  since  become  so 
famous.  Alexander  was  working  one  day, 
with  his  easel  up,  in  an  out-of-the-way 
corner  of  Venice,  when  a  stranger  came 
and  looked  over  his  shoulder  and  made 
some  criticism  of  his  work.  It  proved  to 
be  Whistler,  and  the  acquaintance  which 
developed  into  a  warm  and  lifelong  friend- 
ship dated  from  that  day. 


During  these  years  abroad  Alexander 
made  his  living  by  sending  drawings  back 
to  Harper's.  Later,  in  Florence,  he  started 
an  art  class,  which  proved  very  success- 
ful. In  fact,  so  much  of  his  time  and 
strength  became  absorbed  in  the  task  of 
teaching  that  he  realized  that  his  own 
work  and  development  were  likely  to  be 
hampered.  This  really  determined  him 
to  return  to  America. 

Upon  his  return  he  had  no  money,  and 
he  found  little  or  no  opportunity  in  Pitts- 
burgh, where  he  went  first,  to  carry  on  his 
work.  Harper's  gave  him  illustrating  to 
do,  and  early  in  the  spring  of  1881,  he 
and  Fred  Muller  made  a  voyage  down  the 
Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers  in  the  tow- 
boat  of  a  large  coal  fleet.  The  voyage  is 
described  by  Mr.  Muller  in  an  article 
called  "King  Coal's  Highway,"  which  ap- 
peared in  Harper's  Monthly  in  January, 
1 882,  and  for  which  Mr.  Alexander  made 
a  series  of  illustrations. 


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Alexander  soon  returned  to  New  York, 
where  he  took  a  studio  in  the  German 
Bank  Building,  on  the  corner  of  Fourth 
Avenue  and  Fourteenth  Street.  There 
Mr.  Henry  Harper,  of  Harper  &  Brothers, 
gave  him  his  first  commission  to  paint  a 
portrait  of  his  little  daughter.  He  stayed 
in  the  German  Bank  Building  studio  until 
he  moved  into  a  studio  in  the  Chelsea 
Building,  222  West  Twenty-third  Street, 
which  he  occupied  until  1  890. 

During  this  period  when  he  was  living 
in  America,  after  his  return  from  Florence, 
Alexander  spent  two  summers  abroad. 
The  first  summer,  in  1  884,  he  went  to  Spain 
and  Morocco ;  the  second  summer,  that  of 
1  886,  he  went  for  The  Century  Company 
to  do  work  for  the  magazine.  That  was 
the  summer  when  he  did  a  series  of  por- 
traits, among  others  those  of  Thomas 
Hardy,  Alphonse  Daudet,  Austin  Dobson, 
George  Bancroft  and  Robert  Louis  Ste- 
venson.   Stevenson  was  living  at  Skerry- 


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vore,  Bournemouth,  in  the  south  of  Eng- 
land, and  Alexander  stayed  with  him 
there,  having  had  an  introduction  to  him 
from  Edmund  Gosse.  On  July  11,1  886, 
Stevenson  writes  to  his  family  about  the 
portrait,  which  was  published  in  the 
Century  for  April,  1 888 ;  and  later  in  a 
letter  written  to  Henry  James,  Stevenson 
again  refers  to  Alexander,  this  time  to 
4 'the  dear  Alexander"  whom  he  says  he 
has  just  seen.  The  portrait  of  George 
Bancroft  appeared  in  the  Century  for  Jan- 
uary, 1887,  and  the  Hardy  portrait  in 
July,  1  893.  Alexander  also  spent  a  month 
or  six  weeks  in  Ireland  that  year,  doing  a 
number  of  illustrations,  interesting  land- 
scape sketches,  for  a  series  of  articles 
about  Ireland,  by  Charles  de  Kay,  which 
appeared  in  the  Century  during  1 889 
and  1  890. 

A  year  after  Alexander  came  home 
from  this  second  summer  spent  abroad, 
in  1887,  he  married  Elizabeth  Alexan- 


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der.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  lived  in 
New  York  for  three  years  after  their  mar- 
riage. Then,  early  in  1890,  they  went 
abroad,  because  Mr.  Alexander  had  had 
a  serious  attack  of  grippe,  which  left  him 
in  a  much  weakened  condition.  They  ex- 
pected to  stay  two  years  and  stayed  eleven; 
years  rich  in  happy  associations  and 
friendships,  and  especially  notable  be- 
cause of  the  distinguished  honors  and  pro- 
fessional recognition  which  came  to  the 
young  painter.  The  Alexanders  lived  in 
Paris,  first  at  3  1  boulevard  Berthier,  and 
later  at  1  90  boulevard  Malesherbes,  and 
they  were  in  touch  with  French  life  and 
French  art  in  a  peculiarly  intimate  sense. 
Few  Americans  have  more  happily  taken 
their  place  in  the  social  and  artistic  life  of 
a  foreign  city. 

Alexander  received  marked  recognition 
for  the  first  time  in  the  Spring  of  1893, 
at  the  exhibition  of  the  Societe  Nationale 
des  Beaux-Arts  in  Paris,  to  which  he  had 


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sent  three  portraits.  These  appeared  un- 
der the  titles  of  "Portrait  Gris,"  "Portrait 
Noir,"  and  "Portrait  Jaime."  This  group 
was  the  feature  of  the  Salon,  the  paintings 
were  marked  number  1 ,  were  hung  to- 
gether in  a  panel,  and  the  young  painter 
was  immediately  afterward  elected  asso- 
ciate of  the  society.  This  success  was 
followed  by  the  exhibition  at  the  Grafton 
Gallery  in  London,  of  two  portraits  which 
were  given  a  place  of  honor.  The  next 
year,  in  the  Spring  of  1 894,  he  exhibited 
a  group  of  five  portraits  and  two  composi- 
tions at  the  exhibition  of  the  Societe 
Nationale  des  Beaux- Arts;  and  in  June  of 
that  year  he  was  elected  to  full  member- 
ship in  that  society,  being  made  a  "Socie- 
taire,"  with  the  privilege  of  exhibiting 
"hors  concours,"  of  voting  with  the  society 
and  of  serving  on  its  juries. 

This  distinguished  honor  by  the  French 
society  placed  Mr.  Alexander  at  once  in 
the  front  rank  of  the  younger  painters. 


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His  ability  was  recognized  and  his  success 
as  a  painter  was  assured.  Recognition  in 
other  cities  followed  closely  upon  the  Paris 
success.  He  was  invited  to  contribute  to 
the  exhibitions  of  Europe  and  of  the 
United  States.  Medals  and  awards  came 
to  him  from  most  distinguished  sources, 
and,  today,  scarcely  a  permanent  collec- 
tion, national  or  civic,  but  contains  an 
example  of  his  work.  The  Luxembourg 
in  Paris;  museums  in  St.  Petersburg, 
Odessa  and  Vienna;  in  New  York,  Chi- 
cago, Philadelphia,  Washington,  St.  Louis, 
Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati,  Minneapolis  and 
Providence;  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology; 
Princeton,  Yale,  Harvard,  and  Colum- 
bia Universities;  the  list  shows  a  wide 
representation. 

Mr.  Alexander  took  an  active  interest  in 
the  work  of  various  art  organizations,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  associated 
as  officer  or  member  with  twenty  such  art 
organizations,  an  unusual  record.   He  was 


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President  of  the  National  Academy  of 
Design,  the  National  Institute  of  Arts  and 
Letters,  the  MacDowell  Club,  the  National 
Academy  Association,  and  the  School  Art 
League  of  New  York;  he  was  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  society  of  Mural  Painters;  he 
was  a  director  of  the  American  Federa- 
tion of  Arts,  Washington,  D.  C;  he  was  a 
member  of  the  American  Academy  of 
Arts  and  Letters,  the  American  Fine  Arts 
Society,  the  Fine  Arts  Federation  of  New 
York,  the  Architectural  League  of  New 
York,  the  National  Association  of  Portrait 
Painters,  the  American  Academy  in  Rome, 
the  Paris  Society  of  American  Painters, 
and  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Fine  Arts, 
Brussels.  He  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  International  Society  of  Sculptors, 
Painters,  and  Gravers,  London;  and  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Secession  Soci- 
ety, Munich,  Secession  Society,  Vienna, 
Royal  Society  of  British  Artists,  London; 
American  Institute  of  Architects,  and  of 


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the  Society  of  Illustrators,  New  York. 

The  list  of  his  medals  and  awards  of 
honor  is  further  evidence  of  the  recogni- 
tion which  has  been  accorded  to  Mr. 
Alexander  as  a  painter  of  unusual  ability 
and  distinction.  In  1  897  the  Pennsylvania 
Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts,  Philadelphia, 
awarded  him  the  Temple  Gold  Medal, 
and  in  1  904  he  was  awarded,  by  the  same 
institution,  the  Gold  Medal  of  Honor.  In 
1911  he  received  the  Medal  of  the  First 
Class  at  the  International  Exhibition  at 
Carnegie  Institute,  Pittsburgh.  At  the 
Exposition  Universelle,  Paris,  in  1  900,  at 
the  Pan-American  Exposition  at  Buffalo, 
in  1  90 1 ,  at  the  Universal  Exposition,  St. 
Louis,  in  1  904,  and  at  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition  at  San  Francisco, 
in  1  9 1  5,  he  received  gold  medals  of  honor. 
In  1  899  he  was  awarded  the  Lippincott 
Prize  by  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of 
the  Fine  Arts;  in  1  90 1 ,  the  Carnegie  Prize 
by  the  Society  of  American  Artists,  New 


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York;  and  in  I  903,  the  Corcoran  Prize  by 
the  Society  of  Washington  Artists,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  His  first  medal  was  award- 
ed to  him  at  the  Students  Exhibition  at  the 
Royal  Academy  of  Fine  Arts,  Munich, 
about  1879.  Princeton  University  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  in  1  892,  and  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Literature  in  1  909.  In 
1  90 1  he  was  made  a  Knight  of  the  Legion 
of  Honor  by  the  French  Government. 

In  the  Library  of  Congress,  Wash  ington, 
D.  C,  are  six  lunettes,  "The  Evolution 
of  the  Book,"  and  in  the  Carnegie  Institute 
are  forty  eight  panels,  the  "Crowning  of 
Labor,"  which  represent  his  achievement 
in  the  field  of  mural  decoration. 

In  1 90  i  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  with 
their  son  James,  came  to  America,  and 
from  that  time  until  his  death,  on  the  3  1  st 
of  May,  1 9 1  5,  Mr.  Alexander  lived  in  New 
York  at  1  1 6  East  Sixty-fifth  Street.  Dur- 
ing those  years  he  gave  freely  of  his  time 


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and  strength  to  further  the  interests  of  art 
in  America.  It  would  be  impossible  to 
estimate  the  amount  of  vital  energy  and 
of  real  service  which  he  gave  to  various 
art  organizations  and  projects.  And  es- 
pecially was  he  eager  and  glad  to  serve  in 
any  way  the  interests  of  Pittsburgh.  Over 
and  over  again  he  came  to  serve  on  the 
international  juries  of  award  at  Carnegie 
Institute.  Each  year  he  sent  important 
canvases  to  the  exhibition.  He  was  made 
a  member  of  the  Art  Commission  of  Pitts- 
burgh when  it  was  organized  in  1895, 
and  he  took  an  active  interest  in  its  work. 
And  he  came  back  always  with  a  feeling 
of  pleasure  to  his  home  city. 


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CATALOGUE 


ACKNOWLEDGMENT 


The  Department  of  Fine  Arts  makes 
grateful  acknowledgment  to  those  who 
have  generously  lent  paintings  for  exhi- 
bition. 

The  names  of  contributors  appear  in 
the  text  of  the  catalogue. 


CATALOGUE 


Portrait  of  Walt  Whitman 

Lent  by  The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  New 
York 

The  Blue  Bowl 

Lent  by  the  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design,  Prov- 
idence 

Sunlight 

Lent  by  The  Art  Institute  of  Chicago 

Phyllis 

Lent  by  the  City  Art  Museum,  St.  Louis 

Portrait  of  Rodin 

Lent  by  the  Cincinnati  Museum  Association 

Isabella,  or  The  Pot  of  Basil 

Lent  by  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston 


7 


A  Ray  of  Sunlight 

Lent  by  the  Minneapolis  Society  of  Fine  Arts 


8  A  Quiet  Hour 

Lent  by  The  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine 
Arts,  Philadelphia 

9  A  Woman  in  Rose 

Owned  by  Carnegie  Institute,  Pittsburgh 

10     Portrait  of  Mrs.  Wheaton 

Lent  by  Wheaton  College,  Norton,  Massachusetts 


11  Portrait  of  Mr.  Worthington 

Whittredge 

Lent  by  The  Century  Association,  New  York 

12  Portrait  of  Professor  Van  Amringe 

Lent  by  Columbia  University  Club,  New  York 


13     Portrait  of  Dr.  John  F.  Weir 

Lent  by  Yale  University 


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PORTRAIT  OF  WALT  WHITMAN 


14  Portrait  of  Dr.  James  McCosh 

1 5  Portrait  of  Mrs.  James  McCosh 

16  Portrait  of  Dr.  Francis  L.  Patton 

Lent  by  Princeton  University 

17  Portrait  of  Dr.  Alexander  C.  Hum- 

phreys 

Lent  by  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology 

18  The  Tenth  Muse:  Portrait  of  John  W. 

Alexander 

19  Portrait  of  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Lent  by  James  W.  Alexander  1 1 

20  Portrait  of  Col.  George  Harvey 

Lent  by  Col.  George  Harvey 

21  Portrait  of  Mr.  A.  Newbold  Morris 

Lent  by  Mrs.  McDougall  Hawkes 

22  Portrait  of  Chancellor  William  Jay 

Magie 

Lent  by  Miss  Magie 


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23 


Portrait  of  Mrs.  Langdon  Geer 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Hiiborne  L.  Roosevelt 


24     Portrait  of  Mrs.  Carter 

Lent  by  Mrs.  William  Carter  Dickerman. 


25  Portrait  of  A.  Barton  Hepburn,  Esq. 

Lent  by  A.  Barton  Hepburn,  Esq. 

26  Portrait  of  Miss  Maude  Adams,  as 

"L'AigW 

Lent  by  Miss  Maude  Adams 


27  Portrait  of  Col.  Edward  Jay  Allen 

Lent  by  Estate  of  Elizabeth  R.  Allen. 

28  Portrait  of  Miss  Helen  Beatty 

Lent  by  John  W.  Beatty,  Esq. 

29  Portrait  of  Mrs.  Thruston  Wright 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Thruston  Wright 


32 


COP*  DET  ROH  PUBLISHING  CO. 

PORTRAIT  OF  MRS.  JOHN  W.  ALEXANDER 


30  Portrait  of  Mrs.  Helen  Abbe  Howson 

31  Portrait  of  Mrs.  Charlotte  Colgate 

Abbe 

Lent  by  Dr.  Robert  Abbe 


32  Portrait  of  Dr.  Henry  Van  Dyke 

33  Portrait   of   Mrs.   Van  Dyke  and 

Daughter 

Lent  by  Dr.  Henry  Van  Dyke 

34  Portrait  of  Joseph  Jefferson,  as  "Bob 

Acres" 

35  Portrait  of  Booth Tarkington  (Sketch) 

36  Portrait  of  Mark  Twain  (Sketch) 

37  A  Flower 

38  Peonies 

39  June :  Flowers. 

40  Landscape 

41  Landscape  painted  at  Cornish,  New 

Hampshire 

42  Landscape  painted  at  Cornish,  New 

Hampshire 

43  Landscape  painted  at  Cornish.  New 

Hampshire 

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44  Still  Life 

45  Primrose 

46  A  Rose 

47  In  the  Orchard 

48  Reflections 

49  The  Green  Gown 

50  The  Glass  Bowl 

51  The  Mother 

52  The  Gossip 

53  Still  Life 

54  The  Green  Bow 

55  The  Butterfly 

56  Memories 

Lent  by  the  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

57  Portrait  of  James  W.  Alexander  II 

58  Study  in  Black  and  White 

59  Girl  in  Yellow,  with  Black  Cat 

60  The  Bronze  Bowl 

61  Girl  Reading 

62  Juliette  Very 

63  Study  of  Old  Cole 

64  Aurelia 


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65  Marine 

66  Landscape 

Lent  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

67  Portrait  of  Helen  Gertrude 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Henry  M.  Alexander 

68  Child  with  Doll 

69  Eleanor 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Alexander 

70  The  Guitar 

71  Pink  Roses 

Lent  by  Mrs.  James  W.  Alexander 

72  Study  in  Tone 

73  Study  in  Tone 

Lent  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Harriman 

74  Portrait  of  Miss  Annie  M.  Hegeman 

75  Flowers 

76  Flowers 


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77 


Woman  in  Black 

Lent  by  Mrs.  H.  Kirke  Porter 


78  Flowers 

79  Spring  Flowers 

Lent  by  Miss  Annie  M.  Hegeman 

80  White  Birches 

Lent  by  Mrs.  A.  G.  Hoffman 

81  Geraldine 

Lent  by  Mrs.  Charles  Howland  Russell 

82  Portrait  of  Mrs.  James  B.  Oliver 

Lent  by  Mrs.  James  B.  Oliver 


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PORTRAIT  OF  MRS.  WH EATON 


RECORD  OF  PAINTINGS  BY 
JOHN  WHITE  ALEXANDER 


INCOMPLETE  LIST 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BEFORE  1887 
Mrs.  Tillin 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Gustave  Schirmer 

Mr.  Max  Weyl 

Owned  by  Mr.  Max  Weyl 

Miss  May  Harper 

Owned  by  Mr.  J.  Henry  Harper 

Miss  Mabel  Clarke 

Owned  by  Mr.  C.  J.  Clarke 

Mr.  Parke  Godwin 

Owned  by  Mr.  Harold  Godwin 

Oliver  W.  Holmes 

Owned  by  the  Medical  School  of  Harvard  University 

Walt  Whitman 

Owned  by  The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  New  York 

Miss  Eva  Palmer 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Robert  Abbe 


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Miss  Annie  Hegeman 

Owned  by  Mrs.  H.  Kirke  Porter 

Dr.  James  McCosh 

Owned  by  Princeton  University 

Joseph  Jefferson,  as  "Bob  Acres" 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Mrs.  Flick 

Owned  by  Mr.  Flick 

F.  B.  Alexander 

Owned  by  Mrs.  F.  B.  Alexander 

Dr.  James  L.  Cabell 

Owned  by  Mr.  William  Alexander 

Mr.  H.  M.  Alexander,  Sr. 

Owned  by  James  W.  Alexander,  1 1 . 

Col.  E.  J.  Allen 
Mrs.  Allen 
Miss  Edna  Allen 
Edward  Allen 
William  Allen 
Harold  Allen 

Owned  by  Estate  of  Col.  E.  J.  Allen 

Annie  Russell 

Annie  Russell,  as  "Elaine" 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Oswald  Yorke 


ISABELLA,  OR  THE  POT  OF  BASIL 


Mrs.  Abbe 
Miss  Abbe 

Owned  by  Dr.  Robert  Abbe 

Mr.  Jack  Breck 

Mr.  Larkin  G.  Meade 

Miss  Colt  (Mrs.  Ralph  Curtis) 

Thurlow  Weed 

Mr.  Cole 

Man  in  Fur  Cap 

John  Gilbert,  as  "Sir  Peter  Teasle" 

PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  1887  AND  1891 

Thomas  Nast 

Owned  by  Mr.  Thomas  Nast 

Mrs.  Henry  Draper 

Owned  by  New  York  Public  Library 

Miss  Breese 

Owned  by  Miss  Breese 

Mr.  Cowden 

Owned  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  New  York 

Colonel  Bond 

Owned  by  Colonel  Bond 

Mrs.  Stuart 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Stuart 

Mr.  Charles  Cooper 

Owned  by  Cooper  Institute 


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Mr.  Cortlandt  Palmer 

Owned  by  Mr.  Cortlandt  Palmer,  Jr. 

Palmer  Children 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Robert  Abbe 

Child 

Owned  by  Mr.  Ives 

Mr.  H.  M.  Alexander,  Jr. 

Owned  by  Mr.  H.  M.  Alexander,  Jr. 

Mr.  Paul  Tuckerman 

Owned  by  the  Calumet  Club,  New  York 

F.  B.  Alexander 

Owned  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Alexander 

Mr.  Robert  Hoe 

Owned  by  Estate  of  Mr.  Robert  Hoe 

Barnes  Baby 

Owned  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Barnes 

Mr.  Daniel  G.  Heald 

Owned  by  the  Home  Insurance  Company,  New  York 

Mrs.  Colgate 

Owned  by  Mr.  Richard  Colgate 

Mr.  George  W.  Childs 

Owned  by  Estate  of  Mr.  George  W.  Childs 

Mr.  Milbank 

Owned  by  Mrs.  A.  A.  Anderson 

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Miss  L.  H.  Ward 

Owned  by  Mrs.  E.  A.  S.  Clarke 

James  Gordon  Benett 

Owned  by  Mr.  James  G.  Benett 

Mr.  Marcellus  Hartley 
Mr.  Marcellus  Hartley,  Sr. 
Child 

Owned  by  Estate  of  Marcellus  Hartley 

Mr.  Richard  Watson  Gilder 
Mrs.  James  Cholmondy-Jones 

Owned  by  Estate  of  Miss  Jeanette  Gilder 

Mr.  Decker 
Mrs.  Decker 

Owned  by  Mr.  Decker 

Dorothea  Gilder 

Mr.  H.  M.  Alexander,  Sr. 

Mr.  B.  F.  Manierre 

Mr.  William  Dean  Howells 

Mr.  A.  B.  Frost 

Two  Children 

PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  1893  AND  1898 

James  W.  Alexander 

Owned  by  the  University  Club,  New  York 

Mrs.  H.  M.  Alexander 

Owned  by  Mrs.  H.  M.  Alexander 


41 


Chief  Justice  Mercer  Beasley 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Ed.  C.  Delafield 

Chief  Justice  Mercer  Beasley  (Copy) 

Owned  by  Court  House,  Trenton,  New  Jersey 

Mr.  Henry  Marquand 

Owned  by  Mr.  Henry  Marquand 

Miss  Frances  Alexander 

Owned  by  Mr.  William  Alexander 

Henry  Baldwin  Hyde 

Owned  by  the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company,  New  York 

Portrait  of  a  Child 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  F.  Draper 

Portrait  of  a  Child 

Owned  by  Mr.  Marcellus  Hartley 

Portrait  of  a  Lady 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Leavenworth 

Louise  White 

Owned  by  Mrs.  J.  J.  White 

James  W.  Alexander  II 
James  W.  Alexander  1 1 

Owned  by  Mrs.  J.  W.  Alexander 

Child's  Head 

Mrs.  Hopekirk  Wilson 

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PORTRAITS  PAINTED  IN  1898 


Hon.  Levi  P.  Morton 

Owned  by  State  House,  Albany,  New  York 

Dr.  D.  H.  Haight 

Owned  by  D.  H.  Haight 

Coi.  E.  J.  Allen 

Owned  by  Estate  of  Col.  E.  J.  Allen 

Mrs.  A.  Newbold  Morris 
Mr.  A.  Newbold  Morris 

Owned  by  Mrs.  McDougall  Hawkes 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  IN  PARIS  BETWEEN  1898 
AND  1900 

Mrs.  Burke 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Burke 

Miss  Clara  Clemens 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Gabrilowich 

Mrs.  P.  W.  Bartlett 

Owned  by  Mrs.  P.  W.  Bartlett 

Mrs.  Ivan  PranishnekofT 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Ivan  Pranishnekoff 

Mrs.  Randolph  Coolidge,  Jr. 

Owned  by  Mr.  Randolph  Coolidge 


43 


Mr.  Fritz  Thaulow 

Owned  by  the  Wilstach  Gallery,  Philadelphia 

Miss  Eleanor  Alexander  (Child  with  Doll) 
Owned  by  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Alexander 

Mrs.  Eleanor  Sears 

Owned  by  Mrs.  F.  Sears 

Mrs.  William  M.  Wood 

Owned  by  Mrs.  William  M.  Wood 

Mrs.  R.  Coolidge,  Jr.  (Sketch) 

Owned  by  Mr.  E.  W.  Longfellow 

Mrs.  Helen  Hopekirk 
Owned  by  Mr.  Hall 

Joseph  Mosenthal 

Owned  by  Mendelsohn  Glee  Club,  New  York 

James  W.  Alexander  II 
James  W.  Alexander  1 1 

Owned  by  Elizabeth  A.  Alexander 

Elizabeth  A.  Alexander 
Elizabeth  A.  Alexander 

Owned  by  Elizabeth  A.  Alexander 

Elizabeth  A.  Alexander 
Elizabeth  A.  Alexander 

Owned  by  Mrs.  James  W.  Alexander 


44 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  IN  1900  IN  PARIS  AND 
SCOTLAND 


Auguste  Rodin 

Owned  by  the  Cincinnati  Museum  Association 

Mr.  Scranton 

Owned  by  Mr.  Scranton 

Mile.  Edith  Revil 

Owned  by  Mme.  Fernand  Revil 

Mile.  Jourdain 

Owned  by  M.  Franz  Jourdain 

President  Loubet 

Owned  by  M.  Loubet 

Mr.  J.  J.  Cowan 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Cowan 
Miss  Cowan 
Miss  K.  Cowan 
Miss  M.  Cowan 
Child  (Laura) 
Master  Cowan 

Owned  by  J.  J.  Cowan,  Esq.,  Edinburgh 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  OCTOBER  1901 
AND  1902 

Miss  Dorothy  Roosevelt  (Mrs.  Langdon  Geer) 
Owned  by  Mrs.  Hilborne  L.  Roosevelt 


45 


Mrs.  C.  Ledyard  Blair 

Owned  by  C.  Ledyard  Blair,  Esq. 


Gen.  Louis  FitzGerald 

Owned  by  the  Mercantile  Trust  Company,  New  York 

Miss  Maude  Adams,  as  "L'Aiglon" 
Owned  by  Miss  Maude  Adams 

Miss  Ethel  Barrymore,  as  "Mme.  Trentoni" 
Owned  by  The  Players  Club,  New  York 

Mr.  William  G.  Dominick 

Owned  by  the  7th  Regiment  of  New  York 

Dr.  Francis  L.  Patton 

Owned  by  Princeton  University 

Mr.  George  Bliss 

Owned  by  Mrs.  George  Bliss 

Dr.  Henry  Van  Dyke 
Mrs.  Henry  Van  Dyke  and  Daughter 
Owned  by  Dr.  Henry  Van  Dyke 

Edwin  A.  Abbey 
John  W.  Alexander 

Owned  by  the  National  Academy  of  Design,  New  York 

Mr.  E.  A.  Sothern,  as  "Hamlet"  (Destroyed) 


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PEONIES 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  OCTOBER, 
1902,  AND  OCTOBER,  1903 

Mrs.  Thomas  Hastings 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Thomas  Hastings 

Mrs.  Herman  Duryea 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Herman  Duryea 

Mrs.  Homer  Gage  and  Son 
Owned  by  Mrs.  Knowles 

Girl  with  Dog 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Dudley  M.  Waters 

Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Elizabeth  A.  Alexander 

Owned  by  James  W.  Alexander,  II. 

Mr.  William  C.  Denny 

Owned  by  Mrs.  William  C.  Denny 

Mrs.  Oliver 
Mrs.  Johnson 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Oliver 

Geraldine 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  OCTOBER, 
1903,  AND  OCTOBER,  1904 

Mrs.  Eliza  B.  Wheaton 

Owned  by  Wheaton  College,  Norton,  Massachusetts 


47 


Mrs.  Samuel  Untermeyer 

Owned  by  Mr.  Samuel  Untermeyer 

Mr.  King 

Owned  by  Mr.  King 

Mrs.  Clarence  Webster 

Owned  by  Dr.  Webster 

Dr.  Jillson 

Owned  by  the  Pittsburgh  High  School 

Peggy 

Owned  by  Mr.  Laselle 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Russell 

Owned  by  Mrs.  C.  H.  Russell 

Miss  Stanton 

Owned  by  Mrs.  J.  S.  Stanton 

Boy  with  Ball 
Mrs.  Waters 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Dudley  Waters 

Mr.  Chadbourn 
Mrs.  Chadbourn 
Mr.  Chadbourn,  Jr. 

Owned  by  Mr.  Chadbourn 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  OCTOBER, 
1904,  AND  OCTOBER.  1905 

W.  B.  Gunnison 

Owned  by  Erasmus  High  School,  Brooklyn 


48 


Col.  George  Harvey 

Owned  by  Col.  George  Harvey 

Mr.  McCurdy 

Owned  by  Mr.  R.  McCurdy,  Jr. 

Chancellor  William  Jay  Magie 
Owned  by  Miss  Magie 

Judge  Van  Sycle 

Owned  by  Trenton  State  House,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Judge  Van  Sycle 

Owned  by  Elizabeth  Bar  Association,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Judge  Van  Sycle 

Owned  by  the  Van  Sycle  family 

Mr.  Bronson 

Owned  by  the  Knickerbocker  Club,  New  York 

Prof.  C.  Chandler 

Owned  by  Columbia  University,  New  York 

Mrs.  Clarence  Mackay 

Owned  by  Mr.  Clarence  Mackay 

Mrs.  Sara  Whitman 

Owned  by  Radclitfe  College,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Mr.  Spellman 

Owned  by  Mt.  Auburn  Association,  Boston,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Haven 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Haven 

49 


Mrs.  Ryerson 
Miss  Ryerson 

Owned  by  Mr.  Edward  Ryerson 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  OCTOBER, 
1905,  AND  OCTOBER,  1906 

Mrs.  Carter 

Owned  by  Mrs.  William  Carter  Dicker  man 

Mrs.   William   Carter  Dickerman 
Owned  by  Mrs.  Carter 

Mr.  C.  N.  Bliss 

Owned  by  the  New  York  Hospital 

Mr.   William  Bunker 

Owned  by  Mr.  William  Bunker 

Mrs.   William  J.  Curtis 

Owned  by  Mrs.  William  J.  Curtis 

Miss  Wheeler 

Owned  by  the  Wheeler  School,  Providence 

Mr.   W.   Van  Orden 

Owned  by  Miss  Van  Orden 

James  W.   Alexander  II 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Miss  Helen  Beatty 

Owned  by  Mr.  John  W.  Beatty 


30 


Mrs.  McMurtry 
Mr.  McMurtry 

Owned  by  Estate  of  Mr.  McMurtry 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  OCTOBER, 
1906,  AND  OCTOBER,  1907 

Mr.  Worthington  Whittredge 

Owned  by  The  Century  Association,  New  York 

Mr.  Charles  Lanier 

Owned  by  Mr,  Charles  Lanier 

Mr.  Charles  Lanier 

Owned  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  New  York 

Sketch  of  Booth  Tarkington 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Miss  Eilene  Osborne 

Owned  by  Mr.  William  C.  Osborne 

Master  John  Duncan 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Stuart  Duncan 

The  Tenth  Muse:  Portrait  of  J.  W.  Alexander 
Owned  by  James  W.  Alexander,  II. 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  BETWEEN  OCTOBER, 
1907,  AND  OCTOBER,  1908 

Sisters 

Owned  by  Miss  Skinner 


51 


Mrs.   William  Roelker 

Owned  by  Mr.  William  Roelker 

President  Arthur 

Owned  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  New  York 

Miss   E.   B.  Alexander 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Alexander 

Portrait 

Owned  by  Mr.  Edward  Bok 

Mrs.  Borden  Harriman 

Owned  by  the  Colony  Club,  New  York 

PORTRAITS  PAINTED  FROM  1908  TO  1909 

Mrs.  James  McCosh 

Owned  by  Princeton  University 

PORTRAITS  PAINTED  FROM  1909  TO  1910 

Dr.  Hyde 

Owned  by  Bowdoin  College 

Mr.  H.  H.  Porter 

Owned  by  G.  F.  Porter 

Mr.  Hanna 

Owned  by  Mr.  Hanna 

52 


PORTRAITS  PAINTED  FROM  1910  TO  191! 


Miss  Mary  Emma  Woolley 

Owned  by  Mt.  Hoi  yoke  College 

Mrs.  F.  W.  Hallowell 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Hallowell 

Ex-President  Grover  Cleveland 

Owned  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  New  York 

Mrs.  Ambrose  Monell 

Owned  by  Mr.  Ambrose  Monell 

Mr.  A.  Barton  Hepburn 

Owned  by  Mr.  A.  Barton  Hepburn 

Mr.  Lowe 
Mrs.  Lowe 

Owned  by  Mr.  Houston  Lowe 

Judge  Rollins 
Judge  Fitzgerald 

Owned  by  City  of  New  York,  City  Hall 

PORTRAITS  PAINTED  FROM  1911  TO  1912 

Two  Kilbourn  Children 

Owned  by  Miss  Skinner 

Mr.  Garman 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Garman 


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Miss  Maude  Adams 

Owned  by  Miss  Maude  Adams 


Mrs.  Hunt  Henderson 

Owned  by  Mr.  Hunt  Henderson 

Mr.  H.  H.  Porter 

Owned  by  Mr.  H.  H.  Porter,  Jr. 

McLean  Portrait 

Owned  by  Carnegie  Library,  Fort  Worth,  Texas 

Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Owned  by  Mrs.  James  W.  Alexander,  Jr. 

Judge  Ward 

Owned  by  the  City  of  New  York,  City  Hall 

Helen  Gertrude 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Henry  Alexander 

Mrs.  Mitchell 

PORTRAITS  PAINTED  FROM  1912  TO  1913 

Dr.  John  F.  Weir 

Owned  by  Yale  University 

Mrs.  Thruston  Wright 

Owned  by  Mrs.  Thruston  Wright 

Dr.  Manning 

Owned  by  Trinity  Chapel,  New  York 

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MEMORIES 


Dr.  Slocum 

Owned  by  Columbia  University,  New  York 

Dr.  Alexander  C.  Humphreys 

Owned  by  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology 

General  Scofield 

Owned  by  U.  S.  Military  Academy,  West  Point 

Mrs.  Potter 
Mrs.  Goodyear 

Mrs.  Daniels  with  two  Children 
Owned  by  Mrs.  Goodyear 

PAINTINGS 
Study  of  Old  Cole.  1881 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Pink  Roses.  1885 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

White  and  Pink  Roses.  1886 
White  Birches.  1890 

Owned  by  Mrs.  A.  G.  Hoffman 

Landscape  Painted  at  Cornish,  New  Hampshire.  1890 
Landscape  Painted  at  Cornish,  New  Hampshire.  1890 
Landscape  Painted  at  Cornish,  New  Hampshire.  1890 
Landscape.  1890 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 


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Landscape.  1890 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Reflections.  1893 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Woman  in  Gray.    1 893 

Owned  by  the  Luxembourg  Museum 

Sunlight  in  Mirror.    Painted  at  £tretat.  1894 

Girl  in  pale  green  with  sash  ends.    Painted  at  £tretat, 
1894 

Owned  by  M.  O.  Saincere 

Girl  in  black  with  red  bows  in  hair.    Painted  at  £tretat, 
1894 

Owned  by  Mr.  Elkins 

In  the  Orchard.    Painted  at  £tretat,  1894 
Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Girl  with  reflection  in  mirror.    Painted  at  Etretat,  1894 
Owned  by  J.  J.  Cowan,  Esq.,  Edinburgh 

Girl  in  green,  in  orchard.    Painted  at  Etretat,  1894 

Woman  in  black.    Painted  at  £tretat,  1 894 
Owned  by  Estate  of  Col.  E.  J.  Allen 

Girl  in  red,  on  divan.    Painted  at  Etretat,  1 894 
Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Study  in  Tones.    Painted  at  £tretat,  1894 
Owned  by  Knoedler  &  Company 

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Juliette  Very.  1895 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Alethea  (in  blue).  Painted  in  Paris,  1895 
Repos.    Painted  in  Paris,  1895 

Justine.    Painted  in  Paris,  1895. 
Owned  by  Mile.  Rachel  Boyer 

Dancing  Girl.    Painted  at  Seabright,  1895 
Owned  by  Miss  Edna  Allen 

The  Bronze  Bowl.  1896 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Woman  in  Black.  1896 

Owned  by  Mrs.  H.  Kirke  Porter 

Spring  Flowers.  1896 

Owned  by  Miss  Annie  May  Hegeman 

Girl  in  yellow,  with  cat.  1896 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

Girl  in  figured  black.  1896 
Owned  by  Mr.  H.  K.  Porter 

Black  and  Red.  1896 

Juliette.  1896 

Owned  by  Miss  Annie  May  Hegeman 

The  Black  Cat.  1896 

Owned  by  gallery  in  Odessa,  Russia 


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The  Mirror.  1896 

Owned  in  St.  Petersburg 

Isabella,  or  The  Pot  of  Basil.  1897 

Owned  by  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston 

Juliette  in  green.  1897 
The  Blue  Bowl.  1897 

Owned  by  the  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design,  Providence 

The  Green  Bow.  1898 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  \V.  Alexander 

Still  Life  (on  wood).  1898 
The  Rose.  1898 

Owned  by  Mrs.  William  Thaw 

The  Cafe.  1898 

The  Toilet.  1898 

Pandora.    Painted  in  Paris,  1898 

Peonies.  1898 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

A  Ray  of  Sunlight.  1898 

Owned  by  the  Minneapolis  Society  of  Fine  Arts 

A  Flower.  1899 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

The  Mother.  1899 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 


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Autumn.  1899 

Owned  by  Mrs.  C.  L.  Blair 

A  Woman  in  Rose.  1902 

Owned  by  Carnegie  Institute 

Memories.  1904 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

The  Mother.  1904 

Aurora  Leigh.     1 904       ^  ^  M*"* 

The  Green  Gown.  1905 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Study  in  Tone.  1905 

Owned  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Harriman 

Girl  Reading.  1905 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

A  Rose.  1906 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

The  Butterfly.  1906 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

A  Quiet  Hour.  1906 

Owned  by  The  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts 
Marine.  1907 
Sunlight.  1907 

Owned  by  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago 

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Phyllis.  1907 

Owned  by  the  City  Art  Museum,  St.  Louis 


Aurelia.  1908 

Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

The  Glass  Bowl.  1908 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Study  in  Tone.  1908 

Owned  by  Mrs.  E.  H.  Harriman 

Study  in  Green  and  Black.  1908 

Study  in  Black  and  White.    1 909 
Owned  by  Mrs.  John  W.  Alexander 

June:  Flowers.  1911 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

The  Gossip.  1912 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

Primrose  (panel).  1912 

Owned  by  Estate  of  John  W.  Alexander 

A  Summer  Day.  1912 

The  Ring.  1913 

Owned  by  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  New  York 

Her  Birthday.  1913 
Sketch  of  Mark  Twain 
Sketch  (unfinished) 


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Flowers 

Owned  by  Miss  Annie  May  Hegeman 

Flowers 
Flowers 

Owned  by  Mrs.  H.  Kirke  Porter 

Juliette  in  pink  (on  wood) 
Owned  by  M.  Clement 


MURAL  DECORATIONS 

"Evolution  of  the  Book"     Six  lunettes  in  the  corridor 
of  the  Library  of  Congress,  Washington,  D.  C. 

"The  Crowning  of  Labor.'*    Forty  eight  panels,  in 
Carnegie  Institute,  Pittsburgh. 


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BIBLIOGRAPHY 


A  FEW  REFERENCES  ON 
JOHN  WHITE  ALEXANDER 
AND  HIS  WORK 

MAGAZINE  ARTICLES— 

Arts  and  decoration:  Feb.,  1911.  v.  1 ,  pp.  147-149, 
1  78.    John  W.  Alexander,  by  C.  H.  Caffin. 

Century  magazine:  Oct.,  1915.  v.  90,  pp.  957-958. 
A  true  servant  of  art. 

Cosmopolis:  June,  1897.  v.  6,  pp.  672-674.  Criti- 
cism by  D.  S.  MacColI. 

Craftsman:  April,  1910.  v.  10,  pp.  46-53.  John  W. 
Alexander;  a  study  in  determination,  by  P.  T. 
Farns  worth. 

Critic:  July,  1899.  v.  35,  pp.  609-615.  John  White 
Alexander,  portrait-painter,  decorator,  illustrator. 

Critic:  March,  1905.  v.  46,  p.  239.  John  W.  Alex- 
ander, by  Homer  St.  Gaudens. 

Fine  arts  journal:  Jan.,  1911.  v.  24,  pp.  13-21. 
The  career  of  J.  W.  Alexander,  by  Grace 
Whitworth. 

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Fine  arts  journal:  April,  1913.  v.  28,  pp.  245-246. 
Paintings  by  Alexander  and  the  Scandinavian  art- 
ists. Contrasts  Alexander,  "  the  regular,"  with  the 
Scandinavian  "rebels." 

Harper's  monthly:  Oct.,  1899.  v.  99,  pp.  694-704. 
John  W.  Alexander,  by  Armand  Dayot. 

Harper's  weekly:  Dec.  13,  1902.  v.  46,  pt.  2,  pp. 
1 970- 1971.    The  pictures  of  John  W.  Alexander. 

House  beautiful:  Jan.,  1904.  v.  1 5,  pp.  67-74.  John 
W.  Alexander,  his  paintings,  by  Harriet  Monroe. 

International  studio:  May,  1908.  v.  34,  sup.  pp. 
85-97.    John  W.  Alexander,  by  Arthur  Hoeber. 

International  studio:  July,  1915.  v.  56,  sup.  p.  21. 
John  White  Alexander. 

Literary  digest:  June  19,  1915.  v.  50,  pp.  1466- 
1467.  John  W.  Alexander. 

Munsey  s  magazine:  Sept.,  1908.  v.  39,  pp.  744- 
755.  The  art  of  John  W.  Alexander,  by  Christian 
Brinton. 

New  York  —  Public  library.  Bulletin:  July,  1915. 
v.  19,  pp.  539-541.  John  White  Alexander,  artist 
and  citizen,  by  F.  Weitenkampf. 

Outlook:  March  6,  1909.  v,  91 ,  pp.  522-523.  Mr. 
Alexander's  pictures. 

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Outlook:  May  28,  1910.  v.  95,  pp.  170-178.  John  W. 
Alexander,  painter,  by  E.  F.  Baldwin. 

Outlook:  June  9,  1915.  v.  1 10,  pp.  298-299.  John  W. 
Alexander. 

Scribner's  magazine:  March,  1899.  v.  25,  pp.  340 
348.  The  portraits  of  John  W.  Alexander,  by  H.  S. 
Morris. 

Scribner's   magazine:     Sept.,   1915.    v.   58,    pp.  385- 
388.   Alexander,  the  man  and  his  work;  symposium. 
Tributes  by  Edward  Robinson,  Edwin  H.  Blashfield, 
Kenyon  Cox,  Howard  Russell  Butler  and  Harry  W. 
Watrous,  with  list  of  Alexander's  best-known  works. 

Studio:  July,  1900.  v.  20,  pp.  71-77.  An  Ameri- 
can painter  in  Paris:  John  Alexander,  by  Gabriel 
Mourey. 

World's  work:  Jan.,  1905.  v.  9,  pp.  5682-5698. 
John  W.  Alexander,  the  painter  of  idealized  sentiment, 
by  C.  H.  Caffin. 

World's  work:  March,  1905.  v.  9,  pp.  5993-5994. 
How  Whistler  posed  for  John  W.  Alexander. 

NEWSPAPER  ARTICLES— 

New  York  Evening  Post:  June  1,  1915,  p.  I,  col.  2; 
p.  3,  col.  3-5.    Sketch  and  criticism. 


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New  York  Sun:  June  2,  1915,  p.  7,  col.  7.  Sketch 
and  criticism. 

New  York  Times:  June  2,  1915,  p.  13,  col.  3.  Sketch 
and  criticism. 

MURAL  DECORATIONS  IN  THE 
CARNEGIE  INSTITUTE,  PITTSBURGH 

American  architect:  Nov.  11,  1908.  v.  94,  pt.  2, 
p.  155.    Alexander's  "Crowning  of  labor." 

Current  literature:  June,  1907.  v.  42,  pp.  639-642. 
A  portrayal  of  Pittsburgh's  labor  travail. 

Harper's  monthly:  May,  1907.  v.  114,  pp.  845-856. 
The  new  mural  decorations  of  John  W.  Alexander, 
by  C.  H.  Caffin. 

Scribner's  magazine:  Jan.,  1909.  v.  45,  pp.  45-57. 
Alexander's  decorations,  the  Crowning  of  labor,  in  the 
Carnegie  Institute,  Pittsburgh,  by  William  Walton. 

MURAL  DECORATIONS  IN  THE 

LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

King,  Pauline.  American  mural  painting.  1902. 
pp.  184-188. 

Harper's  weekly:  Jan.  23,  1897.  v.  41,  pt.  1,  pp. 
82-83.  The  decorations  of  Mr.  Alexander,  by 
Royal  Cortissoz. 


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